Dyeing at Home

The mega project that left me with sore wrists continues to plague me, so I’ve switched my sights to dyeing for a while 😉 Last night I started experimenting with some new acid dyes, and I’m quite pleased with the results! Both of these are 500 yard skeins of 100% super wash merino lace. I bought a cone of the stuff, so half of my dyeing time is spent hand-winding skeins onto my niddy-noddy, but once you get into the zen of the thing it’s not so bad…. until you lose count, that is.

Experiment 1: “That looks just like all your other s#!t’ (So says Tito every time I dye something turquoise).
A greenish-blue, with just a touch of yellow-brown added, something to make me think of the sea.

Experiment 2: Terra Cotta (that was the goal, though this came out more cayenne).
A rich orange-red with small hits of mahogany here and there, to add variegation and interest.

Now, of course, all I want to do is knit them up and see how they do. They are generous sized skeins, and will make lovely shawls. More experimental dyeing is in my future!

I can feel for you with your wrists. Had the surgery for carpal tunnel on both of mine. Fortunately there’s a surgeon out her who does this such precision that I have almost full use of both of them again. The only time they ache is when I’m painting (the house). A heavy paintbrush for hours on end gets me every time.

Some support for them makes that ache go away. Do you have some wrist supports with the metal that runs along the back of the hand? Soooo helpful when they ache!